While in Abilene, Kansas Hardy gets word to go to Amity, Kansas where a robbery occurred. The Amity office is a remote office shared with the Kansas-Illinois Railroad which is common in small towns. Someone sneaked up behind agent Joe Rivers, knocked him out, and stole $3,200 from the open safe. After Hardie arrives, he is surprised by Mike Forbes who is the investigator for the Kansas-Illinois Railroad. By examining what happened together they determine the robber was left-handed and probably wearing moccasins. At Charlie Gill's casino they find Luke Stevens playing cards who fits the bill. Within a day a second robbery takes place when a box for Pete Henry is stolen, his son shot in the office and the clerk stabbed. This robbery has them baffled until Pete arrives.
—Anonymous